Information. Alejandro Toledo could become the first president to be convicted of the Odebrecht conspiracy in Peru. Photo: Spread
Former President Alejandro Toledo Manrique could be The senior officer was sentenced earlier this year For hearings of the case Lava Jato In Peru.
His trial, presided over by the Second Collegiate Criminal Court of the National Superior Court and composed of Justices Zaida Pérez Escalante, Inez Rojas Contreras and Richard Quispe Vilcapoma, has progressed at a good pace since its beginning on October 16.
This marks an end to this year. Toledo He was charged with conspiracy and money laundering for soliciting and receiving up to $35 million in bribes to award contracts to Brazilian company Odebrecht for the Southern Interoceanic Highway, Sections 2 and 3. The prosecutor's office requested a 35-year prison sentence.
In addition to ex-President Toledo, his former security chief Avraham Don Ahn, former members of the Proinversion Committee Sergio Bravo Orellana and Alberto Paso Fonteru are on trial; Former ICCGSA Representative Jose Castillo DeBose and former General Manager JJC Contratistas Generals, Fernando Gamet Piccon.
Humala and Nadine
In other proceedings in the Lava Jato case, the trial of former President Ollanta Humala and Nadine Heredia turned complicated in October when the collegiate court had to dismiss the directors' statements. Otbrecht: Marcelo Odebrecht, Luiz Antonio Mameri, Fernando Miglaccio, Hilberto Mascarenhas Alves, Raymundo Trindade and Jorge Barata.
Earlier, a Brazilian judge questioned the legality of evidence provided by Odebrecht when the prosecutor's office collected statements from said individuals in Brazil. Later, the evidence was supported by copies of Drausys and My Web Day B systems provided by the same construction company.
Evidence. Ollanta Humala and Nadine Heredia are in the final stages of their trial. Photo: Spread
The investigation continues and Prosecutor's Office They will seek to enter evidence while examining documentary evidence before entering final arguments and passing sentence, which can only be passed beyond July.
Without the Brazilians' testimony, the outcome of the process is uncertain, and the prosecutor's office has already indicated that the decision in this case will not affect other processes in the Lava Jato case.
A cocktail case
The trial of the former presidential candidate could begin by April or May 2024 Keiko Fujimori And the leadership of the Fuerza Popular, known as the Cócteles case, will have election campaign contributions of illegal origin.
On December 2, Judge Victor Zuniga of the Fourth National Preparatory Trial Court issued a resolution indicting Keiko Fujimori and 38 natural and legal persons for money laundering and criminal organization crimes.
The collegiate court that will be responsible for the public hearing in the first week of January will have to define what will be a long, complex and complicated decision. Beyond the 2026 general elections.
Judgment. Keiko Fujimori to face trial in campaign contribution case Photo: John Reyes/La Repubblica
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Meanwhile, the trials of ex-President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and ex-Mayor Susana Villarán of Lima are pending to limit the charges before a public trial, which will only begin in 2025.
Meanwhile, the investigation into payments by Odebrecht for public contracts to former regional governor of Cusco Jorge Agurio Tito and former deputy minister Jorge Cuba Hidalgo will continue.
White collars
The processes of the Los Cuellos Blancos del Puerto judicial corruption network must be defined by the end of the summer of 2024. The prosecutor's office is expected to press charges against fugitive César Hinostroza, other former supreme judges, and former advisers to the National Council. The investigation by the Office of the Supreme Anti-Corruption Prosecutor and specialized organized crime prosecutors involved the Department of Justice, various lawyers and former judges.
The definition of these cases was delayed in 2022 and 2023 by changes in the constitution of the special commission carried out by the suspended national prosecutor, Patricia Benavides. Again, after departure Benavides And the return of lawyer Magaly Quiroz, new changes may occur.
Last August, Supreme Preparatory Trial Judge Juan Carlos Cegli rejected a request by the Supreme Prosecutor's Office to extend the trial period. In his decision, the judge pointed out that the due process of the case, which started in July 2018, i.e. five years ago, should not be affected.
Time plays in the favor of criminals in complex cases like Port's white-collar case.
Caesar Hinostroza He is hiding in a European country from where he has managed to neutralize an international Interpol alert for search, location and extradition purposes.
Corruption in power
Pedro Castillo He may be the next former president to be sentenced this year for his December 7, 2022 coup.
In December, the prosecutor's office completed the investigation phase and may file charges in the coming weeks, including former ministers Betsy Chavez, Willy Huertas and Roberto Sanchez, as well as former adviser Anibal Torres.
while, Corruption cases seem to have been pushed back under his ruleOne. Investigations against President Castillo for corruption are carried out by the Second Supreme Criminal Prosecutor's Office, which is now directed by lawyer Delia Espinosa.
Bang. Pedro Castillo may be sentenced for failed self-immolation on December 7, 2022. Photo: Marco Cotrina/La Repubblica
Before leaving, his predecessor, Uriel Teran, requested the Preparatory Trial Court to coordinate the investigations carried out by a special team led by lawyer Marita Barretto in the cases of Petro-Peru, Puente Tarata, Anguia and Shadow Counselors.
Order definition is pending. But Attorney Espinosa has strengthened his team with prosecutors with extensive experience in corruption cases.
Meanwhile, the special team led by Barretto has devoted its full attention to dismantling and unraveling the criminal organization headed by the suspended Attorney General of the Nation, Patricia Benavides.
Due to the breadth of the task assigned to this special committee, even possible corrupt practices in the current Tina Bolvarte regime may be investigated. Alberto Otterola.
objections
The special committee on deaths in protests is now left in the hands of senior prosecutor Jorge Chavez Tamaris, who coordinates the offices of organized crime prosecutors.
The group has concentrated all investigations nationally and is expected to make progress this year identifying those responsible for more than 50 shooting deaths. Both those directly responsible and those who gave the order to shoot.
2023, the worst year in sentences
A trial this year concluded and a conviction was handed down against former Congressman Michael Urteco and his wife for misappropriating donations his office received. The verdict is still pending appeal.
A conviction was also handed down in the cases of Leonor La Rosa and Mariella Barretto. Vladimiro Montesinos, Santiago Martin Rivas, Edmundo Sánchez Noriega and José Salinas Jusunaga were convicted of Barretto's murder. Sanchez, Salinas and Percy Salcedo were convicted of kidnapping a former intelligence agent.
The Supreme Court's decision on a preliminary hearing is pending on whether Judge Nma Benavides will continue to be prosecuted for allegedly receiving money from drug traffickers. Attorney's office, during the administration of his sister, Patricia Benowitz, He had demanded that the case be closed. The Attorney General's Office objected to this.
